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diff --git a/24474.txt b/24474.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a1ef011 --- /dev/null +++ b/24474.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1324 @@ +Project Gutenberg's The Nursery, January 1873, Vol. XIII., by Various + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Nursery, January 1873, Vol. XIII. + A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People + +Author: Various + +Release Date: January 31, 2008 [EBook #24474] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NURSERY, JANUARY 1873 *** + + + + +Produced by Emmy, Juliet Sutherland and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net + + + + + + + + + + + +THE + +NURSERY + +_A Monthly Magazine_ + +FOR YOUNGEST READERS. + +VOLUME XIII. + + BOSTON: + JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36 BROMFIELD STREET. + 1873. + + + + + Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, + + BY JOHN L. SHOREY, + + In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. + + + + + + BOSTON: + RAND, AVERY, & CO., STEREOTYPERS AND PRINTERS. + + + + +[Illustration: Contents] + + + +IN PROSE. + + PAGE. + + The Story of the Sparrow 1 + + The Little Teacher 3 + + Katy's Christmas-Presents 6 + + Little Mischief 9 + + Becky 13 + + Robert's Promise to Santa Claus 16 + + Piggy's Visit 18 + + Stopping the Express 22 + + How Smart managed the Sheep 25 + + How Two Boys passed Christmas Morning 27 + + Why the Horses jumped Overboard 30 + + +IN VERSE. + + Christmas Morning 5 + + Santa Claus 12 + + The Johnny-Cake 20 + + What the Ship brought 24 + + The Lady-Bird (_with music_) 32 + + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration: THE STORY OF THE SPARROWS.] + + + + +THE STORY OF THE SPARROWS. + + +[Illustration W]E are little English sparrows. We have been two years in +America. We were brought over by Mr. Wakefield's gardener. He let us +loose in the grove; and there we have been ever since. + +Mr. Wakefield has built little houses for us, and put them on the boughs +of the trees. We go into these houses when it rains hard or blows. Once +the doors of our houses were all blocked up with snow. + +The winters here are much colder than in England, where we were born. +More snow falls, and thicker ice forms here. But we like our new home +very well. + +Many young sparrows have been born to us. They are proud of being +Americans. They think they are cleverer than their parents, because +their parents, you see, are English. Pride is not right, is it? + +There is a bird called the butcher-bird,--a very savage bird,--that +tries to kill us. We have to look out for these butcher-birds. But they +cannot get into our houses: the doors are too small for them. + +There is a little bird called the snow-bird, that comes in winter. We +are not afraid of him. He is afraid of us. We drive him away when Emily +feeds us all. Emily calls us naughty when we do this: she threatens to +punish us for it. + +Emily and her folks live not far from our grove. Emily has a father and +mother, a grandfather, a brother Philip, and a baby sister, whose name +is Nelly. Grandfather and Nelly are great friends. Grandfather brings +Nelly in his arms to see Emily and Philip feed us. + +One day, just as it had begun to snow, we thought we would fly over and +make a call on Emily. She saw us from the window, and came out. Philip +came too. They gave us crumbs and seed. Grandfather brought baby to see +us. We did not fly off when baby said, "Goo!" We were not afraid. + +By and by two saucy snow-birds came, and tried to get some of our seed. +We flew at them, and drove them off. But Emily said, "You naughty +sparrows! Let those snow-birds be! They are as good as you are, any +day." + +Now, that was not kind in Emily. We think we are better and handsomer +than snow-birds. We were so much offended, that we all flew away, and +left her with her precious snow-birds. + +But the next day we were hungry: so we forgave her, and made her a +visit. She was glad enough to see us. So were grandfather and baby. +Those hateful snow-birds kept out of the way. + + OLD MR. SPARROW. + + + + +THE LITTLE TEACHER. + + +LITTLE MARY is seven years old. She loves "The Nursery." She has read it +for nearly three years; and her mother says she has learned more from it +than she has learned at school. + +At first she used to look at the pictures, and ask her brother Cecil to +read to her about them. Oh, how happy they were reading together! By and +by she began to try to read the story she had just heard; and soon she +learned to read to herself very well. + +A black man named John has lived with Mary's father many years. He +could not read. Mary felt sorry for John. She thought he would like to +read nice stories too. + +[Illustration] + +One day she said, "Mamma, may I teach John to read?" "Yes, dear," said +her mother, "if you can." + +After tea, Mary's mother looked into the kitchen; and what do you think +she saw? John was holding little Mary on his knee, and she was teaching +him to read. + +She was pointing to the letters, one by one, and trying patiently to +make him remember his A, B, C; and John, with his eyes fixed upon the +book, was giving close attention to the words of his little teacher. It +was a pretty picture. + +Mary did not give up trying until John had learned to read, though it +took a long time, and she had to give him many lessons. He tried hard to +learn; and now he is glad that he can read, and Mary is glad too. + + ANNA HOLYOKE. + +[Illustration] + + + + +CHRISTMAS MORNING. + + + STOCKINGS in the kitchen, hung up in a row; + Santa Claus has filled them,--yes, from top to toe; + Purple, gold, and crimson, paint the fallen snow,-- + On Christmas Day, so early in the morning. + + Earnest little whispers from the cosey bed; + Busy little footsteps pattering overhead; + Down the stairs they wander, to sweet music wed,-- + On Christmas Day, so early in the morning. + + Dolls and drums and trumpets, what a sight to see! + Whips and tops and tea-sets,--one for you and me; + Blooming in the corner, such a Christmas-tree,-- + On Christmas Day, so early in the morning. + + Bells up in the steeples; hark! they sweetly tell + How the blessed Saviour loves the children well; + And they sing the glories that long since befell + On Christmas Day, so early in the morning. + + Wee, soft, fairy footsteps outside in the hall, + Then the words of baby musically fall,-- + "Going to kiss my papa, first one of them all!" + On Christmas Day, so early in the morning. + + GEORGE COOPER. + + + + +KATY'S CHRISTMAS-PRESENTS. + + +POOR Katy Carr was an invalid. She had to lie in bed all the time; for +not long ago she had a bad fall from a swing, and hurt her spine. + +But Katy had brothers and sisters. There was Clover, the little girl, +who, in the picture, is seen looking over the head of the bed, behind +the pillow. There was Elsie, who is seen hugging Katy. + +Sister Joanna is the girl with black curls, who stands with a stocking +in her hand. Brother Phil, not yet old enough for trousers, stands at +her side; and that boy with his hand on the knob of the bedpost is +Dorry. + +It is Christmas morning; and the children have brought in presents for +poor sick Katy. Observe that nice large chair with a long-cushioned +back, ending in a footstool, and which tips back so as to be just like a +bed: that is a present from Katy's father. + +See that little evergreen-tree planted in a red flower-pot: the boughs +are hung with oranges and nuts, and shiny red apples, and pop-corn +balls, and strings of bright berries. These are all presents from the +children. A little silver bell, with "Katy" engraved on the handle, is +among the pretty things. + +[Illustration] + +Then there is a new book, which you may spy out if you will look sharp. +How the children do enjoy seeing dear Katy happy! They have all had +presents themselves; and they will soon show them to her. They hope she +will be well enough to play with them before spring. + +These children used to have rare frolics among themselves. On St. +Valentine's eve, they had many letters, most of which, I think, must +have been written by Katy. + +But among them there was one from Little Red Riding Hood, over whose sad +fate Joanna used to cry. As many other children have heard about Red +Riding Hood, they will be glad to have good news of her. Here is her +letter:-- + + I send you my picture, dear Johnnie, to show + that I'm just as alive as you, and that you + needn't cry over my fate any more, as you used + to do. The wolf didn't hurt me at all that day; + for I kicked and fought and cried, till he + dropped me out of his mouth, and ran away in + the woods to hide. + + And grandma and I have lived ever since in the + little brown house so small, and churned fresh + butter, and made cream-cheeses, nor seen the + wolf at all. So cry no more for fear I'm eaten: + the naughty wolf is shot, and, if you will come + to tea some evening, you shall see for + yourself, I'm _not_. + + YOURS, RED RIDING HOOD. + +If you would like to hear more about the Carr children, you will find +their full history most charmingly written in a book called "What Katy +Did;" a story by Susan Coolidge, nicely illustrated by Addie Ledyard, +and published by Roberts Brothers. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +LITTLE MISCHIEF. + + +I. + +I SHALL tell you some stories about a little girl whose name was Bessie +Allen. She was so fond of being busy, that she sometimes got into sad +scrapes. So people called her Little Mischief. + +One day she thought her papa's hat looked rough and rusty: so what did +she do but wash it with a sponge wet in water. She thought she was +making the hat look quite nice and shiny; but she nearly spoiled it. + +Her father did not like it at all when he found what she had done. He +loved his little girl; but he thought her much too meddlesome. + +[Illustration] + + +II. + +One day Bessie was at her aunt's house when the folks were away. But +Carlo the dog was at home; and Bessie had her doll Cornelia to play +with. At last she placed Cornelia up on the arm-chair with her arms over +the back. + +Then seeing near by an inkstand, and a bottle of gum with a brush in it, +Bessie thought she would amuse herself by painting Carlo's face with +ink. This was very silly, and Carlo seemed to think so; for he +struggled, and tried to get away. + +The brush tickled him; he did not like to taste of the ink: at last he +broke away, and hid himself under the sofa. + +[Illustration] + + +III. + +Bessie had a piece of biscuit in her pocket. She took it out, and +offered it to Carlo. It was so nice to get biscuit without having to +stand on his hind-legs first, or jump a great height, or do something +funny to earn it, that Carlo came out. + +Then Bessie seized him, and tried once more to ink his face; but this +time Carlo tore himself loose, and ran out of the room, knocking over +the stool on which stood the inkstand, as he went. + +In trying to stop him, Bessie soiled her nice white frock; and the ink +streamed over the carpet. Here was mischief. + +Next month I will tell you more stories about Bessie Allen. + +[Illustration] + + + + +SANTA CLAUS. + + + SANTA CLAUS came here last night + On his flight. + Down the chimney-top he flew: + He had lots of work to do, + Well he knew. + + So he heaped the stockings high, + Said "Good-by." + Now, of toys he had no lack: + They were carried on his back, + In a sack. + + What did little Flora find?-- + Flora kind. + Why, a doll with golden hair, + Candies, and a tiny chair, + I declare! + + What did bright-eyed Georgie get?-- + Mamma's pet. + Can't you guess? A tiny gun; + But you see it's only one + Made for fun. + + Here's what lazy Joseph found, + Looking round. + It was shocking! + In his stocking, + There was nothing, you must know, + But a big hole at the toe! + Lazy Joe! + + GEORGE COOPER. + + + + +BECKY. + +A TRUE STORY. + + +AFTER I had finished reading "The Nursery" to my little Willy to-night, +he said, "Please, mamma, now tell me the story about the cat you had +when you were a little girl; then I will go to bed." + +When I had told him the story, as I have told it a great many times +before, he said, "Mamma, why don't you send that story to 'The Nursery,' +so that some other little boy can hear it too?" + +"Why, Willie!" said I: "do you think it is enough of a story to put in +print?" + +"Of course I do!" said he. "I like it; and I ought to know what little +boys like. Now, promise me to send it; and then I will go to bed." So I +promised. + +And now that my little boy has said his prayers, and is nicely tucked in +bed, I will write out the story, hoping it will amuse some other little +Willy as much as it does mine. + +Here it is, just as I tell it to him:-- + + When I was quite young, I had a cat to which I + gave the name of Becky. I know nothing of her + very early history, for she was a sober pussy + when she was given to me; but she soon became a + great pet in the family, and seemed very fond + of us all, particularly of my father. + +[Illustration] + + She always showed great delight when he came + home after a long absence. She would put her + paws on his shoulders, and rub his face, and + purr in a most contented manner. She would + never eat a mouse until she had first carried + it to him; and after he had stroked her, and + called her a good pussy, she would go away + quite happy. + + After a time she had two beautiful kittens. + When they were large enough to follow her + about, I used to give them warm milk from the + pail that was brought in from milking; but one + morning, when the pail was set on the floor, + the kittens were too hungry to wait for the + milk to be dipped out for them, and, putting + their paws on the side of the pail, began to + lap from the top + + Becky sat quietly washing her face; but she saw + what the kittens were doing, and thought it was + her duty to give them a lesson in good manners: + so she walked up to them, and boxed their ears + till they ran away mewing piteously. They never + again tried to lap milk from the pail. + +"Tell me something else about Becky," Willy always says when I get to +this point. So I go on:-- + + Becky was not so strict about her own manners. + She would often surprise us by walking into our + rooms without stopping to rap, or even to say + _mew_; for she could open any door in the house + by raising the latch with her paw. + + She had several families of kittens. Once her + whole family was one poor little thing, which + lived only a few days. Becky was grieved sadly + at its death; but, after mourning for some + time, she went into the field and caught a + mouse, which she adopted, and treated like a + kitten. + +[Illustration] + + After Becky had been with us a long time, my + brother was taken sick; and, as he reclined in + an easy-chair, she used to lie for hours beside + him. + + One day, a short time after he died, she + entered the room, and, jumping up in the chair, + examined it all over. Then she jumped down and + sat on the floor, looking at the chair, and + mewing sorrowfully. Then she went away; and we + never saw poor Becky again, or knew what became + of her. + +"What do you _suppose_ became of her?" is Willy's question here. "Ah, +little boy! you can _suppose_ as well as I." + + WILLY'S MOTHER. + +[Illustration] + + + + +ROBERT'S PROMISE TO SANTA CLAUS. + + +ROBERT'S hope was that he should have a sled. "O Santa Claus!" said he, +"if you will only bring me a sled, I will promise to give all your other +presents away to those who need them most." + +Uncle Charles heard this speech, and said, "May I send word to Santa +Claus of your promise?" + +"Yes, you may," said Robert; "for I am in earnest about it. If Santa +Claus will only bring me a sled, I shall be content." + +"And you will bestow his other Christmas-gifts on those who need them +most,--is that the bargain?" asked Uncle Charles. + +"Yes, that is it," said Robert. + +The little boy went to sleep that night, wondering who Mr. Santa Claus +was, and whether he would heed a hint from Uncle Charles. + +Early Christmas morning, Robert woke; and what do you think he saw by +the side of his bed? Well, it was a fine sled, painted red, with thick +iron runners. + +Robert could hardly believe his eyes. He jumped out of bed, and dressed +himself. Then, as the morning light grew clearer, he saw other +presents,--a beautiful pair of skates, a rabbit that could hop out of a +box, but was not alive, a bat and ball, a bag of marbles, a fine +pocket-knife, a silver pencil-case, a ship all rigged, a paint-box, and +many more things that I cannot name. + +"And all these things are mine!" cried Robert. But he then remembered +his promise to Santa Claus, and sighed. "What a nice pair of skates!" +thought he. "And this knife and this pencil-case,--they are just what I +want. Will Santa Claus ever find it out, I wonder, if I keep them?" + +It was only for a moment that the little boy hesitated. Then he put his +hand on his sled, and said, "No! a promise is a promise. Here is what I +asked for. I sent word to Mr. Santa Claus what I would do; and it would +be mean now if I were to break my promise." + +I am glad to say that Robert distributed all the presents, except the +sled, among the boys and girls of his acquaintance, whose parents were +too poor to spend money on Christmas-gifts. + +Uncle Charles was so much pleased with Robert's conduct, that he bought +the prettiest pair of skates he could find, and put them on Robert's +feet, and told him they were his own. + + ALFRED SELWYN. + + + + +PIGGY'S VISIT. + + +MARY stood by the table kneading dough. Annie was washing Dolly's apron. +Bobby was making a pasteboard wagon for Dolly. Clara was rocking the +cradle, which was baby Dan's carriage to the land of Nod. Cook was +paring the "taters," as she called them. Mother sat quietly sewing on +Annie's sack. How still every thing was! + +All at once piggy put his nose in at the door with an "Ugh, ugh! May I +come in?" + +Mary let some flour fall; Annie hugged Dolly closely, perhaps to keep +piggy from eating her; cook got the broom; baby screamed; and Clara +laughed aloud. + +Mother took the baby, and sat still. Where was piggy? and where was Bob? + +Down came the broom where piggy had been; but piggy was scampering down +the path, with Bob at his heels, and in a few minutes piggy was in his +pen in the far corner of the lot, grunting with fear and weariness. + +[Illustration] + +Bob came up, and closed the door of the pen, "Piggy," said Bob, "naughty +piggy, to come where you are not wanted! I should think you would like +to stay in your own house, so neat and comfortable." + +"Ugh, ugh!" said piggy. + +"Oh! you were lonesome, were you?" said Bob. "You thought it was no more +than civil to call on your neighbors. You wanted to show us that you +were not too proud to be sociable. Next time please to send in your card +first." + +"Ugh, ugh!" said piggy. + +That was more than a week ago; and piggy has staid at home since then. +Perhaps he is waiting for us to return his call. + +Now, how many persons have I told you about? + + FANNIE. + + + + +[Illustration: THE JOHNNY CAKE.] + + + THIS is the seed, + So yellow and round, + That little John Homer hid in the ground. + + These are the leaves, + So graceful and tall, + That grew from the seed so yellow and small. + + This is the stalk, + That came up between + The leaves so pretty and graceful and green. + + These are the tassels, + So flowery, that crowned + The stalk, so smooth, so strong, and so round. + + These are the husks, + With satin inlaid, + That grew 'neath the tassels that drooped and swayed. + + This is the silk, + In shining threads spun: + A treasure it hides from the frost and the sun. + + This is the treasure,-- + Corn yellow as gold,-- + That satin and silk so softly unfold. + + This is the cake, + For Johnny to eat, + Made from the corn so yellow and sweet. + +[Illustration] + +[Illustration] + + + + +STOPPING THE EXPRESS. + + +[Illustration] + +CHARLES had a small flag which his father gave him. It was fine fun for +a while to march about and wave it; but it did not seem to be of much +use. So at last Charles hit upon a plan of making his flag do some good. +This was the plan: When his father had any bundles to send to Boston, +Charles ran down to the street, and put his flag in the fence. + +[Illustration] + +This was a signal for the expressman to stop. When the man saw the flag +in the fence, he knew that he was to stop and take a bundle. + +[Illustration] + +Here he is, waiting while Charles brings out the bundle. He knows that +Charles is on the watch for him, and that there is no need of driving +through the gate. Charles likes to do errands for his father. + +[Illustration] + +Here is Charles, carrying out the bundle. He is running fast, because +the man cannot wait long. "Hurry up, little boy!" says the man (who is +fond of a joke); "there's no time to play marbles. This wagon must get +to the station by nine o'clock." + + W. O. C. + +[Illustration] + + + + +WHAT THE SHIP BROUGHT. + + + OH, a happy new year to you all, + Good children, a happy new year! + To your fathers and mothers, + Your sisters and brothers, + To your grandpas and grandmas so dear. + + It's a long way good wishes to send,-- + Three thousand miles over the sea; + When the wild winds are roaring, + The rainstorms are pouring, + And the waves are like mountains to see. + + May the good ship speed safe on its way, + Though the moon and the stars be unseen! + May the compass be steady, + The helmsman be ready, + And the captain all watchful and keen! + + Oh, it's pleasant, dear children, the sea, + When the sky is all fair and serene, + With the breeze blowing lightly, + The sun shining brightly, + Or at night, when the clear moon is seen. + + But now, at this "happy new year," + In your homes and your nurseries bright, + Pray think how the vessel + With wild waves must wrestle, + Through the cold winter day and black night. + + When you read the good wishes I send + Three thousand miles over the sea, + I would have you remember + 'Twas in dreary December + The ship brought this greeting from me. + + + + LEEDS, ENG., December, 1872. GEO. BENNETT. + + + + +HOW SMART MANAGED THE SHEEP. + + +SMART was a sheep-dog that belonged to a Mr. Scott, who lived in +Scotland. On the large sheep-farms of that country a single shepherd +often has the charge of from three to six thousand sheep. + +The shepherd has with him usually two dogs; of these, one is the +driving-out, the other the bringing-in dog. To the first the shepherd +points out a number of sheep, and informs him by voice and action that +he wishes him to drive them to a distant hill. The dog at once does as +he is bid. + +In the same way the shepherd informs the second dog that a lot of sheep +on a distant hill are to be brought to the spot on which he then stands; +and off runs the second dog, and brings the sheep to his master. + +[Illustration] + +Mr. Scott's dog Smart was so trained, that he would never frighten the +sheep. In driving a flock from one pasture to another, the sheep would +often take a wrong turn, and then scamper off as fast as they could go. + +At such times it is the custom of shepherds to send a dog after them at +the top of his speed. He is not long in overtaking them, when, if the +weather be warm, and the lanes narrow and dusty, the sheep are much +frightened, and not infrequently are hurt. + +Now, to prevent this, Mr. Scott would order his dog Smart to go the +other side of the hedge or fence, saying, "Now, go ahead, and bring them +back, and take care not to frighten them." + +Smart would trot off so that the sheep should not see him, and in a +short time would peep over or through the hedge. At length, when he had +satisfied himself that he had got ahead of the sheep, he would come out +gently in advance of them, and drive them back down the lane so quietly +as not to give them the least alarm. + +Smart would never attempt to go ahead of a flock in the usual way: he +would manage so that the sheep should not know he was trying to get +ahead of them. The picture will show you how he did. Was he not a wise +dog? + + UNCLE CHARLES. + + + + +HOW TWO BOYS PASSED CHRISTMAS MORNING. + + +THERE were two little boys who were cousins. One was named Richard; the +other was named Paul. Richard lived where he could see from his +chamber-window the Atlantic Ocean. There was a thick clump of trees at +the back of his house; and in winter the ground in front would be often +covered with snow. + +Paul lived in Southern California, where, from his chamber-window, he +could see the Pacific Ocean. He had a brother Harry and two sisters. It +never snowed where he was: and he had no use for skates; for the water +never froze. + +Richard had a sister Mary, of whom he was very fond. Here is what +Richard wrote to his Cousin Paul about his way of passing Christmas +morning:-- + +"I wish you and Harry and the girls had been with us; for we had a good +time on the ice. I'll tell you what we did. As soon as we had +breakfasted, I got out my sled 'Dauntless,' and told Mary to wrap up, +and bring her skates along. + +[Illustration] + +"She got ready, and took her seat on the sled. Tiger began to bark; for +he saw that a frolic was on foot. Off we started to the pond. A dozen +boys and girls were there before us. They had made a fire on an island +in the middle of the pond. It was a cool, bracing day; but the wind +didn't blow. + +"Our island we called 'The Isle of Refuge,' Julia Peters named it. She +has a knack at inventing names. The island is fifteen feet long by +twelve wide; and it has a rock that makes a capital fireplace. + +"We had a fine time. All the girls could skate well. Nobody broke +through the ice; but some of us had falls. No harm done. We thought of +you, and wondered what you and the rest of our cousins in California +might be about. I hope you will write me as you promised." + +Well, Paul _did_ write; and here is an extract from his letter: "We all +woke early; for father had been out in a boat with some friends all +night, and we were expecting them back. We dressed, and went down to the +beach; and there, right in the face of the sun, we saw father's boat. + +"Harry had a spyglass; and he knelt on the beach, and spied out father +on the deck of the boat. Mother and the girls waved their handkerchiefs, +while I jumped and shouted. + +"It was a mild, lovely, morning,--so mild, that we wore our straw hats +and light clothing. We thought of you; and I said, 'Wouldn't Richard +like to be here, where Christmas morning opens as soft and warm as a day +in June?' + +"But Harry cried out, 'Don't you believe it! Richard is either coasting +or skating; and I wish I were with him. How I would enjoy a high old +time on the ice, and then a coast down hill over the snow! That's the +fun for me!' + +"'Well,' said mother, 'I am well content with this bright sunrise and +this delicious air. I shall not sigh for the snow and ice.' 'Nor I!' +'Nor I!' shouted Laura and Kate: so you see Harry was in a minority. + +"Father soon landed in his boat; and then we all went back to the house +and had breakfast. After breakfast we had a merry time at croquet, and +then a still merrier time at foot-ball. + +"As Kate will write her Cousin Mary all about the Christmas-tree, and +the things that Santa Claus brought, I shall not touch on that subject. +Now I hope, Cousin Richard, you have not forgotten your promise to write +me." + +[Illustration] + +Here were two little boys belonging to the same grand country,--one +writing from the shore of the Pacific, where all was balm and sunshine +on Christmas morning; and the other writing from the shore of the +Atlantic, where it was cold enough to skate. What an idea does this give +of the extent of our favored land, and the wonderful variety of its +climates and its products! + + EMILY CARTER. + + + + +WHY THE HORSES JUMPED OVERBOARD. + + +THERE were two fine horses. Here is a picture of them. One was named +Albion, and the other Erin. Albion was the white horse, of course; for +the word "Albion" is derived from the Latin _albus_, white; and England +got the name of Albion because of its white chalky cliffs by the sea. + +Well, these two fine horses belonged to Mr. Ducrow, who kept a circus. +They were on board a steamer bound for Newhaven in England. They had +been out at sea several days; and they longed to have a frolic on the +green land, and have a bite at some good crisp grass. + +[Illustration] + +So, when they saw the land quite near, what did they do but leap +overboard, and swim towards it! But the groom who took care of them +sprang instantly after them, and kept swimming beside them, guiding and +cheering them. + +As soon as they got out of the water, and felt the green turf under +them, they snorted and gambolled, and showed their joy in various ways. +How nice the green grass must have tasted to them! and what fun it must +have been to lie down and have a good roll on the ground! + + UNCLE CHARLES. + + + + + +[Illustration: Music: THE LADY-BIRD] + +Words by MRS. A. M. WELLS. + +Music by T. CRAMPTON. + + + 1. Lady-bird, lady-bird, + with a red wing! + What are you doing? + Poor little thing! + Flies are no longer heard + Buzzing around, + Spiders have hid themselves, + Wasps are not found. + + 2 Spring is not coming yet; + Why are you here? + Insects don't come about + This time of year. + Up the cold window-pane + Why do you roam? + Lady-bird, lady-bird, + Fly away home! + + 3 Come when the flowers come, + Come with the spring, + Dear little lady-bird + With a red wing! + In the cold winter-days + Why wilt thou roam? + Lady-bird, lady-bird, + Fly away home. + + * * * * * + +Transcriber's Notes: + +This issue was part of an omnibus. The original table of contents +covered the first six months of 1873. 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